Field cooking outfit.



G. A. GROVBR.

FIELD COOKING OUTFIT.

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CHARLES A. GROVER, 0F MARKLEEVILLE, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOIR O'F ONE-HALF TO LESTER '1. PRICE, OF MARKLEEVILLE, CALIFORNIA.

FIELD CQOKING OUTFIT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 10, 1912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. GRovER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Markleeville, in the county of Alpine and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Field Cooking Outfits; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. I

This invention relates to cooking stoves, and more especially to those ordinarily used in the summer and in the field or by campers or loggers; and the object of the same is to produce a portable outfit of this character which can be packed and transported in small compass or can be quickly setup for the purpose of cooking in the various ways hereinafter described. This object is accomplished by constructing the several parts as hereinafter more fully set forth in detail, and as shown in the drawings wherein- Figure 1 is a general perspective View of this outfit set up with the attachment which serves in the nature of a grate and that which serves as anoven or roaster. Fig. 2 is a detail of the two parts of the grate attachment disconnected from each other. Fig. 3 is a perspective detail of one of the shelves. Fig. 4 is a detail of the parts of the frame, slightly separated from each other and ready to be tied into a bundle. Fig. 5 is a front elevation showing said frame as set up and used in connection with several swinging shelves for supporting various utensils either over the flames so as to cook in them or near the flames so as to keep their contents warm.

It is the general purpose of the present invention to provide an "outfit for use by soldiers, campers, loggers, and the like; one made entirely of metal so that it is not easily broken and preferably made in parts which are detachable so that it may be packed in small compass as for storage or transfer; and one whose detailed construction is such that it may be quickly set up or knocked down, and its parts may be readily brought into use in a manner which will be more fully described below.

Coming now to the present invention, the numeral 1 designates a foot, by preference made of a piece of strap iron slightly arched at its center, and from the latter rises a plug or pin 2; andthe numeral 3 designates a tubular upright, made preferably of piping and provided with a series of annular collars 4, the lower end of this pipe being of such a size that it will pass freely over said plug 2so that the parts maybe set up as seen in Fig. 5, as there are two of such uprights, and their upper ends are connected by a laterally telescopic member including an L-shaped rod whose depending extremity 5 constitutes a pin adapted to be passed into the upper end of one of said uprights and whose horizontal body portion 6 is 'slidably mounted within the tubular body portion 7 of the other section of this member as shown. In the remote or outer end of said portion 7 is another L'-shapedrod, the horizontal end 8 of which is preferably fixed within the tube 7', while its depending portion forms a pin 9 adapted for insertion in the upper end of the other upright pipe 3, in a manner best seen in Fig. 5. The frame thus constructed is adapted to be set up on the ground by resting the two feet 1 thereon, mounting the two uprights 3 upon the plugs 2, and connecting their upper ends ,by the pins 5 and 9 of the transverse mem ber, which latter will be telescoped to produce the desired width. This frame constitutes in effect an equivalent for the arch of an open fireplace, and upon it, against it, or adjacent to it are mounted or used the various parts of this outfit as will be desired. The fire F is built upon the ground at about the point shown, and the first thing that will occur to a camper is to hang a kettle K on some kind of a pot hook H from the cross bar of the frame. How ever, this is the simplest or crudest form of cooking by means of a camp outfit.

It often occurs that a fire must be built on prairie or desert land where no stones are available, and in order to elevate the fire wood so that at least one end of each stick shall be off the ground, I make use of the device best illustrated in detail in Fig. 2 and which to an extent takes'the place of a grate. This consists ofa-tubular member 10 having a crotch 11 fixed in one end, and

a solid member 12 of a size to telescope into the opposite end of the tubular member 10 and itself having a crotch 13 as shown; and when these members are assembled between the uprights 3 and then spread a art so that their notches engage one of tie collars 4, the entire member is held by the uprights at a point slightly above the surface of the earth and the firewood may be rested thereon as shown in Fig. 1.

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supported. \Vhen this device is to be used, it is disposed adjacent the flames and in rear of the fire as seen in Fig. 1, and the heat from the fire obviously scorches the food stufis which are rested upon the shelf 28, thereby roasting or baking them accord ing to its proximity and to the extent of time to which they are exposed thereto.

Usually without the grate, but with or without the oven device as desired, I employ also the swinging shelves for supporting utensils from the uprights 3, one of which shelves is best seen in detail in Fig. 6. As the shelves are alike, I shall Each then consists of a horizontal arm 30 having a hook 31 at one end and a utensil-holder 32 at the other end, its obvious purpose being to support a utensil as designated by the letter U.

This device also includes a depending arm 33 which is rigidly connected with the horizontal arm 30 at about the center of the length of the latter at the point 34- extends thence obliquely downward, and is formed at its lower end into a crotch 35 which stands beneath the throat or open side of the hook 31. The use of this detail will be seen best in Fig. 5. In applying one of said shelves or supports to the upright 3, the outer end 32 thereof is raised so that the hook 31 can be passed around the upright, and then the outer end is depressed somewhat so that the crotch 35 engages against the upright atalower point than the hookcare being taken that either the hook or the crotch shall engage the upright justabove a collar 4. In this position the hook passes behind the upright and the crotch in front, rests against it and the weight of whatever is supported by the holder 32 is sustained by the device which is thereby thrown into still tighter engagement with the upright, around which it can be swung as desired. If the utensil carried by this shelf be swung entirely aside, it grows cool; if itbe swung toward and nearer to the fire, it is kept warm; and if it be swung into a position directly over the fire (especially if it be lowered into proximity thereto) whatever is contained within the utensil is cooked. Thus it will be seen that this swinging support may be used for a variety of purposes, according to where the utensil carried thereby is set, either laterally or vertically; and when not in use it may be either turned aside or unhooked and stored away. With each outfit I provide preferably four or six of these devices, one or perhaps two of the grate outfit-s shown in Fig. 2, and usually one oven as shown in section in Fig. 3.

IVhen this device is not in use, its various parts are knocked down or disconnected, and may be stored in small compass and transported easily because of their lightness and compactness. When it is desired to set up the same as in establishing camp in open field, the bundle is taken from the wagon and untied, the foot members 1 are laid upon the ground at a proper distance apart with the plugs 2 uppermost, the uprights 3 are mounted over the plugs, and the telescopic member shown in Fig. at is then brought into place to connect the upper ends of the uprights so that a frame is produced as shown. Upon this frame may be mounted the swinging shelves shown in Fig. 6, and in it may be placed the grate element shown in Fig. 2; and when it is desired to use the oven illustrated in Fi 3, the same is brought into position as Iiest seen in Fig. 1 whether the grate is employed or not.

I do not limit myself to the size or to the specific details of construction of parts, but might say that the various parts should be entirely of metal. and may well be of tubing and metal rods, with strap iron for the feet and perhaps casting for the swinging shelves and sheet metal for the oven.

What I claim as new is:

1. In a field cooking outfit, the combination with a frame consisting of a pair of foot members each having an upright plug, a pair of uprights removably mounted over said plugs, and a telescopic horizontal memher having downturned pins removably mounted in the upper ends of said uprights, the latter each having a series of annular collars; of utensil supporting shelves, each consisting of a horizontal arm having a utensil holder at one end and a hook at the other, and a depending arm rigidly connected at one end with the center of said horizontal arm and depending obliquely therefrom and having a crotch at its lower end disposed beneath the open side of said hook, said crotch and hook embracing an upright and one of them resting upon one of the collars thereon, for the purpose set forth.

2. In a field cooking outfit, the combination with a frame adapted to be mounted upon the earth and including two uprights having collars around them, and means for holding said uprights at a certain distance apart; of a grate element consisting of a tubular member having a crotch fixed in one end,' and a solid member whose body telescopes into the open end of said tubular member and has a crotch fixed in its exposed end, the crotches being adapted for engagement with said uprights above the 10 collars thereon.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing wit nesses.

CHARLES A. GROVER. Witnesses:

GHAFFIE E. HALL, O. K. GRAU.

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